Chapter 178

• Lucia's POV
• Red emergency lights strobed like a nightmare club, alarms howling while Ryan and I sprinted down the hall. Elena’s code had killed the main power, but Claire knew we were coming.. doors slammed shut ahead, gas hissed from vents. Traps. Of course. My lungs burned, old wounds screaming, but Sofia’s scream still rang in my ears. “She’s cutting me!” I’d tear this place apart brick by brick.
• We rounded the corner and there she was.. my girl, tied to that damn chair, blood running down her arm, but teeth sunk into Claire’s wrist like a feral pup. Claire yelped, knife clattering. Pride hit me so hard I almost laughed through the panic. That’s my sister.